Lola Young: “People are saying I’m a nepo baby because my great aunt wrote The Gruffalo. I mean what kind of rubbish is that?”

Lola Young has addressed speculation about her background and industry connections in a new interview with Capital Buzz.

The singer-songwriter has responded to claims regarding her relation to ‘The Gruffalo’ author Julia Donaldson, who is her great aunt. “People are saying I’m a nepo baby because my great aunt wrote The Gruffalo. I mean what kind of rubbish is that? I have so much to say on that which I can’t even talk about. But I’m not a nepo baby, I’m not an industry plant, there we go I said it. I’ve cleared that up for all those losers that want to comment rubbish on the internet. Just find something better to do, you’re sad, you’re lonely,” Young says.

Young elaborates further on the industry plant accusations: “The thing is industry plant is just a term for other artists and other people to use who just don’t know what they’re doing in life and feel upset that someone else is having their moment. And if you are an industry plant, you’re not going to have your moment for that long, unfortunately. And maybe sometimes you will, it just doesn’t matter, none of these things matter. If someone’s got talent, then they’ve got talent.”

Speaking about her education at the BRIT School, Young states: “It’s a normal school and I went to a really like rough school before that and you have to audition to get in.”

Young is set to perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend alongside Mumford & Sons and JADE.